Digital You in the Classroom

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Digital You in the Classroom



Using Digital and Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance Classroom Learning

Library Technology Connections to the Comprehensive Curriculum
Webcams in the Classroom.docx

Individual Images
http://www.bighugelabs.com
http://www.makesweet.com
http://www.public-domain-image.com
http://www.glassgiant.com

Multiple Images
http://www.slide.com
http://www.smilebox.com
http://www.animoto.com
http://www.photobucket.com

Recording Video Clip with Webcams






Using Avatars


Logitech Website for Video Effects

http://www.logitech.com


Skype

Webcams with Skype.docx

Sign up for Skype account.
Go to:
  1. Digital You in the Classroom (**http://www.ladigitalimmigrants.wikispaces.com**)
  2. Click "Edit" button
  3. Add your name and Skype name to table
  4. Skype someone in the classroom. Have a conversation about how Skype can be used in the classroom
  5. Place a Skype call to multiple people on the list for a conference call. Discuss how this would be helpful in contacting multiple technology coordinators.
  6. Visit Skype in Schools: http://skypeinschools.pbworks.com/

Other Skype Links:
  1. Vicki Davis on Skype (includes a 10 minute video)
    **http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/10/using-skype-in-the-classroom-or-just.html**
  2. Elementary Web 2.0 Project: When Donkeys Fly **http://whendonkeysfly.wikispaces.com** (Uses wikis, Skype, VoiceThead, etc)
  3. EducSkypers Phone Book (educators may register here to connect with other teachers and eduators interested in using Skype. http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com
  4. Eisenhower Middle School Skypecasts (Blue Ribbon School) http://www.wyckoffschools.org/eisenhower/etv/interviews.index.html#
  5. Skype an Author (wiki with authors willing to Skype with classes) http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/?t+anon





Call Graph **http://wwwcallgraph.biz**

Skype with Call Graph.docx

  1. Interview someone on your Skype list using Call Graph to record your conversation.
  2. Go to: http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com

Videoconferencing with DimDim

http://www.dimdim.com

Web Conferencing with DimDim.docx


Totally web-based. Must download Screencast plug in on initial use.

  1. Invite a group to videoconference with you about the 2009-2010 Technology Fair. How could this be useful to you?
  2. Invite a group to discuss how DimDim could be used among administrators, teachers, or students.
  3. The standing advice for achieving success in staff development activities has always been, "Work with the Living." Doug Johnson says in his book Machines are the Easy Part: People are the Hard Part, "We can no longer afford to only work with the living." What are some ways we can entice these teachers to integrate technology into their classrooms?

Videoconferencing with YugmaSE http://www.yugma.com/share_skype.php


Skype with Yugma.docx

  1. Invite a group to discuss the advantages of videoconferencing with classes in other schools, other states, or other classrooms within a school.
  2. How can you reply to someone who says, "Don't water the rocks!"
  3. How can storytelling with Web 2.0 engage students in learning?